Sentence examples for were operative from inspiring English sources
noun
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
Because all of these rely on the physical and chemical properties of molecules themselves, one can reasonably anticipate that multiple mechanisms were operative and may have operated synergistically in protocell assembly.
When working against a microbe, both signals were operative.
The potential for absurdity in Pater's definition of aestheticism was grist to the mill of George Du Maurier, whose cartoons for Punch developed a whole gallery of characters in thrall to the culture of sensibility in which "too-too-utterly" were operative words.
When Searchlight was led by Peter Rice (he now runs entertainment for Fox television), it released movies that were so alike — quirky and cute were operative descriptors for titles like "Juno" and "Garden State," which invariably came with head-bobbing alt-rock soundtracks — that its lineup came close to a house style.
Microstructural studies confirmed that the expected failure modes were operative in these two regimes.
The sensor drift analysis allowed understanding whether luminophore and/or polymer degradations were operative.
Some were operatives and technicians.
The Coombs timeline appears to be operative.
It will be operative by autumn 2010.
Old definitions of privacy will no longer be operative.
The primary outcome measure was operative mortality.
